Lexic.us

Definition of Sting

1. Verb. Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. "The sun burned his face"

2. Noun. A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung. "He felt the stinging of nettles"

3. Verb. Deliver a sting to. "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

4. Noun. A mental pain or distress. "A pang of conscience"

5. Verb. Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous. "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

6. Noun. A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.

7. Verb. Cause a stinging pain. "The needle pricked his skin"

8. Noun. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.

9. Verb. Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging. "The performance is likely to sting Sue"; "His remark stung her"

Definition of Sting

1. n. Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.

2. v. t. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

Definition of Sting

1. Noun. A bump left on the skin after having been stung. ¹

2. Noun. A bite by an insect. ¹

3. Noun. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. ¹

4. Noun. A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis ¹

5. Noun. (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal. ¹

6. Noun. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show. ¹

7. Noun. A brief sequence of music used in films & TV as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene. ¹

8. Noun. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow. ¹

9. Noun. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive of an insect) To bite. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sting

1. to prick painfully [v STUNG, STINGING, STINGS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sting

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stimulus generalization stimulus package stimulus packages stimy stimying sting (current term) sting like a bee sting operation stingaree stingaree-bush

stingarees stingbull stinged stinger stingerless stingers stingfish stingfishes stingier stingiest

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